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Opening of a notarial sale contract drawn up in the agora of the metropolis of the Arsinoite nome (Ptolemais Euergetis) on 4 August 265. Aurelius Ischyrion son of Zosimos, aged about 80, acknowledges a sale to Aurelius Petophis son of Petophis; the object of the sale is lost.
The quarter name 'Horion Hierakiou' may refer to the quarter of Horion and Hierax rather than a single person. The item sold is not preserved.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Staatsnotarieller Kaufvertrag). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους ιβ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Γαλλιήνου Σεβαστοῦ Μεσορὴ ια ἐν ἀγορᾷ μητροπόλεως τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου. ὁμολογεῖ πεπρακέναι Αὐρήλιος Ἰσχυρίων Ζωσίμου ἀπὸ ἀμφόδου Ὡρίωνος Ἱερακίου ὡς ἐτῶν π οὐλὴ ἀντικνημίῳ δεξιῷ Αὐρηλίῳ Πετόφι Πετώφεως Οκ…[…] αρ…ε……[…]… [… 2 lines lost …] [… ? lines lost …]
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